Original Correspondence.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 191, 8 March 1878, Page 6

Original Correspondence.

AfTB^SKUGB TICKET ,FOR n THE EDUCAWrrMU^B $jsWi%o4^t>-K Ayrryy . ;?, ■AT.. ; -7 : yAy -A' TO jCHBJEDITQR,.„ 7? ? Sir,— T regret :,to ?sef*? so/iU^dyiscd action on ■'- ■ "-the part of the Tokomairiro District School Com-' ;.--.----- ;-- '- ": . .'-rfVii?*-}. .«.f Wl-i?**-. ft.--''' ■ -" ' 7v*initteeß. in^paking.sq palpably ajone-sided selecv, .-tion ofc. -names' for^the? new Education. Board. y TDepSntl-upon it- such': an attempt _to bVer.; reach ~~ /by logrolling wdl sooner br .later bring i-its own 7 =*punistii--e*t-t*4' ''-Let, _ the* .delegates when 'they:ineet take for ,their motto "Do unto, otheis 7-.-*.-BiMe^Vq^d;ye^dpne by?.' and. l art* sure they, ?-"wiil-se'jnSpre.iikely_.tO;geta'Bo of intelligent,' 7T)roaM3^inde^'and-unself)sh men. than by accept-' ,-;\^g.thg"dictum^ofjJß-nf-!ighbour.--: f do not wish "to\ee?Duned.h : men in the majority, but Dunedin has-a.rightito.be fairly represented in proportion Tto its^Bchools'-'and scholars; and then; what has Tthe-NortherniDistricts done tha'fc they" should riot have'a'representatiye ori tlie Board ? T see Processor Shand is one of -the nominated," aiid a right : good man he has proved himself- to be, although : the f l)une3in School Committee does not think Turn" sufficiently Dunedin in his views for them to support him... Again, why should Mr Green be left out of the list?— a man who has been -.*•' long tried in public positions, and one who has always. shown himself, both capable and willing -'to take -broad, comprehensive, and liberal views -of niattefs i affecting the general interest of the body .politic. - Might I suggest the following, as a 'fair distribution :— Molyneux,- 1 ; Tokomairiro, TL; Taieri, l;Tiifipeka and Dunstan, 1 ; Dun--••edinv 2 --Waikouaiti, 1 ;'/ioamaru, 1; and M.ount "Ida, 1? : Such 7a basis would yield a. fair repre--sentation of all part's of the Educational District;; -and if School Committees would look to selecting -men pf'expenence.anq character as a whole, they *wo*uld be more likely to obtain justice than by *returning*men whose guide of action principally "-would be the question of popularity. . - ..*; ...'; lam, &c, Observer. Clutha, March 4, 1878. '